Setting Up a New Not for Profit or Merging
Getting Started
If you want to start a new Not for Profit organisation, we can give you clear, confident advice on how to bring your dream to life. We can:
- Explain the process
- Help you choose the best structure
- Draft documents
- Obtain regulatory approvals
For an overview of the process, please see our flow chart outlining the steps for how to set up a Not for Profit Organisation below:
Steps for how to set up a Not for Profit Organisation
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Together with our corporate team, we can assist with:
- Identifying the most suitable ways to implement a proposed new collaboration whether merger, acquisition, joint venture or other
- Advice on the process for implementing a proposal
- Protecting assets, reducing exposure to liabilities
- Conducting due diligence
- Protecting taxation concession entitlements
- Managing stakeholder relationships
- Drafting the legal documents to give effect to a proposal, including notices of meeting to obtain member approval where necessary
- Liaising with your accountant and senior staff and others where necessary to ensure a smooth transition
- Notifying the relevant government bodies
- Winding up entities
- Stamp duty advice
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